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Recent Examples of retraction
But the instant retraction of much of the world’s food and health-care infrastructure will create damage that cannot be undone.
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Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
By the time the retraction went public, Kevin Smith had resigned as the ERLC's executive committee chair and from its board.
—Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 23 July 2024
The short cable should withstand 20,000 bends, while the long one should withstand 20,000 retractions.
—Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 8 Jan. 2025
Four months after the initial broadcast, as Young's lawyers demanded a retraction, CNN offered a correction on Tapper's show.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
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Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
By the time the retraction went public, Kevin Smith had resigned as the ERLC's executive committee chair and from its board.
—Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 23 July 2024
The short cable should withstand 20,000 bends, while the long one should withstand 20,000 retractions.
—Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 8 Jan. 2025
Four months after the initial broadcast, as Young's lawyers demanded a retraction, CNN offered a correction on Tapper's show.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retraction
Noun
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Enacted after the Civil War as a renunciation of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford, which held that Black people are not citizens of the U.S., the birthright citizenship clause has been relatively uncontested since 1868.—
Henry Gass,
The Christian Science Monitor,
30 Jan. 2025
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So the practice of love turns on a renunciation of control.—
Sean Illing,
Vox,
9 Dec. 2024
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This story was updated to reflect Citadel’s denial of having any interest in purchasing the townhouses from the receivership.—
Linda Robertson,
Miami Herald,
2 Mar. 2025
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Thanks to the stunt world, today’s action genre has become an assertion of humanity, instead of a denial of it.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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The concern about the bank’s future is heightened as the second Trump administration doubles down on its repudiation of climate projects and promotes an accelerated expansion of U.S. oil and gas projects.—
Max Bearak,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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America’s repudiation of its traditional foreign policy is being driven by both Trump’s particular obsessions and wider geopolitical changes.—
Stephen Collinson,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Retraction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retraction. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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